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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2013/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/485",
  "legislation_title": "The Closure of Prisons Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2013",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Closure of prisons",
  "text": "The following prisons are closed—\n(a) HM Prison Bullwood Hall, High Road, Hockley, Essex SS5 4TE;\n(b) HM Prison Canterbury, 46 Longport, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1PJ;\n(c) HM Prison & Young Offender Institution Gloucester, Barrack Square, Gloucester GL1 2JN;\n(d) HM Prison Kingston, 122 Milton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO3 6AS;\n(e) HM Prison Shepton Mallet, Cornhill, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5LU;\n(f) HM Prison Shrewsbury, the Dana, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 2HR.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/485/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:18.369405+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}